La Croix-en-Touraine

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La Croix-en-Touraine
Coat of arms of La Croix-en-Touraine
La Croix-en-Touraine (France)
La Croix-en-Touraine
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Loches
Canton Bléré
Community association Bléré Val de Cher
Coordinates 47 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 59 ′  E
height 52-117 m
surface 15.04 km 2
Residents 2,294 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 153 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37150
INSEE code
Website http://www.la-croix-en-touraine.fr/

La Croix-en-Touraine is a French commune with 2,294 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Loches and the canton of Bléré . The inhabitants are called Crucifixiens .

geography

La Croix-en-Touraine is located in the historic province of Touraine (also called Jardin de la France ) near the Cher River , which borders the municipality in the south, about 25 kilometers east of Tours . La Croix-en-Touraine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Amboise in the north, Civray-de-Touraine in the east, Bléré in the south and Dierre in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,237 1,188 1,260 1,668 1,798 1,973 2.145 2,194

Attractions

Saint-Quentin-des-Près church
  • Saint-Quentin-des-Près church from the 12th century (chapel from the 15th century), monument historique since 1943
  • La Herserie Castle from the 19th century
  • La Gaillardière castle from the 18th century
  • Park André named after Édouard André , Monument historique since 2006

Personalities

  • Édouard André (1840–1911), botanist and landscape gardener, lived in La Croix-en-Touraine from 1871

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with the Lower Saxony municipality of Garrel (which extends to all municipalities in the canton of Bléré) and, since 1996, with the Lithuanian municipality of Birštonas in the Kaunas district.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 226-228.

Web links

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